Books for Roisin and Yorkiegirl to read!

[Turkiegirl]

I think we need a whole new thread.....
Half way through Wolf Brother, then need to read Curous Dog, then Eragon, then my new set of Michael Morpurgo!

I haven't come across it ks - though I did see it on Blue Peter. Please let us know how you get on/what you think!

My New Yrs resolution is to spend less money on books

Apologies for the missing apostrophe

KS two offerings for you: Stormbreaker - this is the first in a series of 5 books about a teenage spy - MI6, James Bond-style action, but rather more complex plot and characters than you might expect. Highly recommended.

Slightly different: Thieves of Ostia . This is more mystery a la Enid Blyton - i.e. group of children set out to find the clues and solve the mysteries. (Again it's the first in a long series). It is generally better written than EB, but certainly not 'great literature'. But it is PC, non-racist, non-sexist, etc. It's set in Roman times, so there's lots of 'Roman interest' and Latin terms - if that's the sort of thing that turns you on!

I'm still prevaricating about ds1 and Curious Dog ... I re-read it again myself the other week; and I still have some hesitations about him reading it. EP explicitly mentioned the possibility of a dx of mild Aspergers at some point in the future.

We raised the issue of AS in the referral papers, so it wasn't a surprise as such. I can't remember what I've told you about what EP said. It has all been immensely helpful to us, and has made me feel much more positive about loads of things.

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Hello you! That sounds like a great idea - some light relief. I've read far too many 'adult' books and academic papers in the last fortnight - on aspergers, dyspraxia, critical and creative thinking skills, gifted children, conversational pragmatics, philosophy for children ... Molly Moon sounds exactly what I need!

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OK - it's on the shelf at the town library, I'll pick it up later this week.

Saved me a moral dilemma ... if I have to reserve it from another branch or if it's out I have to choose whether to do it on ds1's ticket - which is free, or on my own, which makes them query why I'm reading children's books, and they charge me 65p!

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have you read The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (?) and I'm not scared by Niccolo Ammaniti?

Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!! Both of them. Not for kids by the way. Definitely for grownups.

Have you read Eragon yet? I enjoy Artemis Fowl, but didn't rate the third one as highly as the others. Bit like Lemony Snicket really, it's virtue is in its originality, so once you've read a couple it ceases to be original?!

DS2 has finally got the reading bug ... I'm so excited! I've been waiting for him to want to read in bed for about 6 months, and it just hasn't happened. But this week I've been reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to him, and he was so gripped by the story he wanted to continue, and has read a couple of chapters to himself in bed every night; and I've had to drag his book off him at lights off time ... it's so lovely! He's a fab little reader, so the world is his oyster now, as it were.

Thanks MarsLady - I haven't come across these two. Just looked at them on Amazon - they look interesting. I've just remembered I've got a couple of Christmas books I haven't read yet as well (adults' books though!)

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well done with DS2. It's wonderful when you have to tell them off for reading in bed isn't it?

Hi Yorkie, just noticed you were posting at the moment - I'm not stalking you but I left a message on one of your old threads (thought it said January but it was December - doh!) It was about Centreparks and I thought you might be interested.
Sorry to butt in on the book club! Just read LuciaLucia - can't remember the author but was a nice read, I normally read Catherine Alliot, patricia Scanlon, basically any easy reading girly books - any recommendations?
"PS I love you" by Cecilia Ahern is also good - made me laugh & cry!

ks-"the 7 professors of the far north" is nice for bedtime reading-am reading it to ds2 (7) but ds1 (11) listens too. Interesting story, one of those books thats easy to read aloud and best bonus is short chapters so if pushed for time can read one but can seem like real hero and read 2 if not!

Yeah, I love it! DS1 has a habit atm of picking up a book and becoming engrossed when he's supposed to be getting dressed in the morning. It makes me laugh - it's a nice problem to have!

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Bubblerock posted on this one ... not that I'm nosy or anything

Welcome to mumsnet Bubblerock! Keep posting!

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Thanks Roisin, wasn't sure how to link it - will get used to this soon hopefully. I'm like a kid in a candy store at the moment, there's so many interesting topics and conversations I keep flitting between them all but I haven't posted much, just lurking .

Thanks for the welcome {{{{{{everyone}}}}}}

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